Value for the money spent? Exploring the relationship between expenditures, insurance adequacy, and access to care for publicly insured children

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Colby, Margaret S ^a   Lipson, Debra J ^a   Turchin, Sarah R ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care access; Health care expenditures; Medicaid; Value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860886458     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-0994-y     Document Type: Article

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